Bracket for building construction.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. F. MEYER. BRACKET FORBUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31,1904.

NTED STATES Patented May 2, 190a.

FRANK MEYER, OF MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS.

BRACKET FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,786, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed May 81, 190 1. Serial No. 210. 105.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maywood, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets for Building Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used for horizontally supporting braces or connections on uprights or standards, and while it is more especially intended and designed to be employed in the construction of greenhouses, yet it is applicable for use in other structures; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a bracket of the above-named character which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong and durable, and so made that it may be readily applied to the upright or standard and its parts easily moved so as to firmly hold the horizontal brace or connec tion at the proper point thereon.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that it will be adapted for use on uprights or standards and for supporting the braces therefor of different sizes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, 1 will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of two uprights or standards, showing a bracket embodying my invention mounted on each and supporting a horizontal brace, which is shown as being shortened for the convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a side View, partly in elevation and partly in section, of an upright or standard, showing a bracket embodying my invention mounted thereon and supporting the horizontal brace. Fig. 3 is a similar View of like parts looking in another direction. Fig. 1 is a detached plan view of one of the members of the bracket, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other member thereof.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

The reference-numeral represents an upright or standard which is preferably cylindrical in shape and in the present instance is shown as being tubular in form, but which may be solid and of other shape in cross-section. Mounted on this upright or standard is one member 11 of my improved bracket, which is formed with an opening 12 of a shape to correspond with that of the upright 10, which it receives. The member 11 is provided with a lateral extension 13, which is formed on one of its surfaces with a groove or "channel 14 to receive the brace 15, which is also preferably tubular in form, as-shown. That portion of the member 11 opposite the extension 13 may be provided with a lug 16, in which is located a screw 17, employed to fix said member on the upright or standard when the same is considerably smaller than the opening 12 in said member. However, this screw is not necessary when the standard 10 is of about the same size as the opening 12, for the reason that the member 11 when supporting the brace rod or tube 15 will assume an inclined position thereon, as shown in Fig. 2, in which case the said member will be held in position on the standard by frictional contact therewith.

As shown in Fig. 4, the member 11 is provided on each side of the opening 12 with an elongated opening or slot 18, in each of which is located a screw-threaded bolt 19, which bolts pass through openings in the inner portion of the other member, 21, comprising the bracket.

As shown, the member 21 is formed with a groove 22 to receive the brace rod or tube 15 and is clamped thereon and held in place by means of nuts 23, which engage the upper ends of the screw-bolts 19, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The inner edge of the member 21 of the bracket is cut away, as at 24c, to receive a portion of the upright or standard 10, and it is apparent that by providing the members 11 and 21 with the elongated openings 18 and 20 the said members may be applied to brace rods or pipes of different sizes.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be seen and clearly understood that my improved bracket affords a simple and eflicient means for supporting brace rods or tubes horizontally on the uprights or standards of structures where it is desirable to have the framework thereof of a skeleton character, such as is used in greenhouses, to permitof as much sunlight as possible, as well as in other structures where simplicity, durability, and ease of construction are required. It is also apparent that my improved bracket is applicable for supporting rods, bars, or tubes at right angles to one another whether they are placed in vertical or horizontal positions, and for this reason 1 do not desire to be limited in its application to upright standards and horizontal braces.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bracket for building construction, the combination with a member having an opening for the upright or standard and provided with a grooved lateral extension, of another member having a groove on its surface adjacent to the first-named groove, each of said members being provided with elongated openings, and a screw-bolt located in each of said openings to adjustably secure said members together, substantially as described.

2. In a bracket for building construction, the combination with a member having an opening for the upright or standard and provided with a curved lateral extension located at one side of said opening, of another member having a groove on its surface adjacent to the first-named groove and provided in its edge adjacent to the upright or standard with a recess to receive the same, each of said members being provided with elongated opening, and ascrew-bolt located in each of said openings to adjustably secure said members together, substantially as described.

FRANK MEYER.

Witnesses CHAS. O. TILLMAN, A. GUsTAFsoN. 

